Public bug reported: There has been a report in rsync[0] about this issue since 2005, some patches has been developed detect-renamed[1] and detect-renamed-lax[2] to target the issue, I think it would be great if Ubuntu could patch itself rsync to provide such feature.
I've updated those[3] patches[4] to apply to the latest rsync package (3.1.1) and they're working great in my own setup, I also put them in a ppa[5] for further testing. The patches aren't intrusive, they provide some extra flags (--detect-renamed, --detec-moved and --detect-renamed- lax) so I think it shouldn't be disastrous for those who won't use the extra features. [0] https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2294 [1] https://bugzilla.samba.org/attachment.cgi?id=7435 [2] http://gitweb.samba.org/?p=rsync-patches.git;a=blob;f=detect-renamed-lax.diff;h=4cd23bd4524662f1d0db0bcc90336a77d0bb61c9;hb=HEAD [3] https://github.com/chilicuil/learn/blob/master/patches/rsync-3.1.1-trusty-detect-renamed.diff [4] https://github.com/chilicuil/learn/blob/master/patches/rsync-3.1.1-trusty-detect-renamed-lax.diff [5] https://launchpad.net/~minos-archive/+archive/ubuntu/main/+packages ** Affects: rsync (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to rsync in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1353792 Title: Detect renamed files and handle by renaming instead of delete/re-send To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1353792/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
